A Kashmiri farmer adjusts rice bags in his paddy flield during rice harvest, on the outskirts of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Photo: EPA
15 January 2023
India, the leading rice exporter in the world, is likely to lift their rice export ban...
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath  speaks during a political rally in New Delhi, India. Photo: EPA
03 October 2022
A tractor pulling a trolley packed with religious pilgrims in India overturned and...
A view of Jama Masjid from a high-rise building is seen during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in New Delhi on May 1, 2020. Photo: AFP
31 July 2022
India has expressed “deep concern” over the execution of four pro-democracy activists by...
Fishermen prepare to set sail for fishing after two months of fishing ban at Kasimedu fishing harbour in Chennai on June 14, 2022. Photo: Arun SANKAR / AFP
15 June 2022
India all but sank the WTO's bid to net a long-sought deal on curbing harmful fishing...
In this picture taken on March 23, 2022, a school girl holds a placard as she watches health workers perform a street play to raise awareness on the tuberculosis disease, at a school in Dharavi slum in Mumbai. Photo: AFP
29 March 2022
When COVID-19 ripped through India in 2020-21, over half a million people are registered...
Geeta Devi (right) is a member of the Dalit community, the lowest rung in India's rigid caste system. Photo: AFP
18 March 2022
An all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters who chronicle India's...
An aerial view Delhi, India. Photo: EPA
07 February 2022
India’s union budget 2022 has allocated 17,250 crore rupees ($2.3 billion) towards aid to...
Vaishno Devi shrine is one of India's most revered Hindu sites, near Katra town in Indian-administered Kashmir (AFP/Vijay MATHUR)
02 January 2022
Twelve people were crushed to death in a stampede at an Indian religious shrine in the...
Workers at a poiutry shop with a QR code for a digital payment platform Paytm on display. (Photo: AFP)
01 January 2022
Sumit Gupta has had a big year -- turning 30, getting married and seeing his startup...
The Indian government's chief Covid-19 advisor said there is no clear guidance on whether a third dose is necessary.PHOTO: AFP
14 October 2021
India currently has no plans to give booster doses as some nations have begun doing, the...
21 June 2021
Indian envoy to Japan Sanjay Verma has said that India has been talking to 'both sides'...